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package org.jooq;

import org.jooq.impl.CacheType;

/**
 * The parameter object passed to the
 * {@link CacheProvider#provide(CacheContext)} method.
 * <p>
 * This {@link Scope} is very short lived, for the duration of a cache
 * implementation lookup of one of the various internal {@link CacheType}
 * caches.
 * <p>
 * It does not live in the context of a parent {@link Scope}, and as such, does
 * not have access to any {@link #data()} from another {@link Scope}.
 *
 * @author Lukas Eder
 */
public interface CacheContext extends Scope {

    /**
     * The cache type for which a cache should be provided.
     */
    CacheType cacheType();
}
